It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hertford County can now relate to. They were dealt a 93-55 defeat at the hands of the Eastern Wayne Warriors on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 319th, while the Warriors are ranked 152nd).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Eastern Wayne to victory, but perhaps none more so than Michael Bailey, who en route to 28 points along with five boards and four steals. The dominant performance also gave Bailey a new career-high in field goal percentage (71%). Charlie Thomas was another key player, almost dropping a triple-double with 18 points, 16 rebounds, and nine assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Hertford County and nudges their season record down to 9-15. As for Eastern Wayne, the victory (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 21-4.
Hertford County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Eastern Wayne, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Seaforth at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Wayne knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 16 contests -- so hopefully Seaforth likes a good challenge.
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